I don’t think I’ve actually thought about a tube amp being a viable option for me in anything I do. So much so when I see titles to videos like this one, I’m like “oh yeah! Tube amps exist!” 😂
They'll turn into collectors items, like vintage cars. They'll still be produced, but with technology that keeps getting better, they will most likely be produced in very limited amounts.
Im gonna try using nameless/ Gojira/ granophyre live doing the old power amp to power my cab, interface for guitar input, so laptop will be my head lmfao
You need a couple things. An audio interface, the studio monitors, and XLR cables. Interface goes into the computer, monitors connect to interface with xlr cables and yeah that’s really it
I know this as an intermediate guitar player. Mostly 7 strings since 2003. I have 4 guitars. An agile intrepid 8 string. A gretsch 6 string baritone and a Jackson Rhodes 26.5 inch 7. I play System of a Down, disturbed, korn, System of a Down, Deftones, and sleep token. Maybe some Lorna shore. I can do it all with my stable. But I don’t know what I should use for each. I can play almost everything between all 3 guitars but what should I focus on?
plugins are awesome, they came to a point where they sound great, but my problem with plugins is how they feel. Nothing compares to playing a tube amp, the feel, the air moving through the speakers, the low end chugness, the dynamics, the harmonics... there's no plug in that can replicate that.
It's the response time that you can't get behind, I know there are people on here that say "hey they have the exact same amount of latency" that's just not true, at all, and you can as you put it "feel it" that's because, with a plugin amp, it is a direct signal that's getting recorded into the DAW, the interface has to take in the signal, then the computer has to register that signal source, then it has to travel to the plugin which the cpu has to process already creating more latency, then it finally comes out, and you can fix it abit by lowering the buffer length, but then your tone drastically suffers as a result, sounds tin like and one dimensional, not to mention it's a late response which throws off your hands to try and compensate for the latency. Compare that to the real amp that is doing all the work right there,not bogging down any cpu, the signal then gets pushed through the real speaker with a basically instant response, maybe a few millisecond, I think its for every foot away from the amp, you introduce roughly 1 millisecond of latency, but it's nowhere near as noticeable as what a plugin introduces latency wise, from there, your interface processes the material, but you don't feel it because you're running through a real analog amp, you're not hearing the signal coming through a computer after all that processing thus the response time is much quicker, and yes, real amps sound more alive in the room with you, you can actually physically feel it interact with the room around you, but don't tell certain people on this comment section that, they tend to try and go to war with you.
@@canadiancombatwombatthe3rd782 exactly, and it's not only that, I've always noticed that plugins can't replicate certain frequencies, specially in the low mid section... I challenge anyone here to listen to an A/B isolated comparison of any plugin/amp... it's VERY noticeable the lack of oomph on plugins.. Amps will always have that oomph and that warmth in the low mid frequencies and I've never seen any plugin that can replicate that, plugins always sound very polished and compressed.
@@guitarlair for me, aside from the obvious latency, it's the high end, I constantly find myself grabbing an eq to try and get rid of all the ice pick frequency build up when doing a left and right track, with a real amp, this goes for tubes and solid state, it's much less obvious, and easy to dial back, sometimes barely have to make any moves with an eq at all in the mix.
@@canadiancombatwombatthe3rd782 I notice the high ends more in crunch tones with less gain...I've tried a bunch of Marshall plugins, no plugin came close to my SV20H when it's cranked, I have a bunch of videos trying to emulate Slash's tone or an 80s tone, it's impossible to get in that ballpark using plugins... you can't get that bite in the high end with plugins.
I have never ever been able to get amp sims to sound as good as you tubers and other big bands. No matter how hard I try. My Engl Savage is a pain in the ass to deal with, but in the end I can get it to sound better. I trialed the Nameless X and it ALMOST got me to sell my amp. It was super close. I showed my wife a blind A/B test of the two back to back and she chose the Savage.
Probably user error. A lot of people over gain their audio interface (should be set to damn near zero). Either that or you’re using awful speaker or running a cab sim into a cab
@xanderraymondcharles Hey man! Love your content and your ongoing support to the guitar community. I couldn't help but noticing a little tiredness or sadness in your eyes. I just hope all is well and please remember that you are not alone. My best and most sincere wishes go out to you. Thanks for pushing on and don't forget that it is OK to take some time off, look inwards, rest, and heal. We are here for you!!! Take care brother.
Even tho I'm a tube amp snob, i use these plugin and other plugins. It's not the same thing as a tube amp, there are some things that are better and not so much but, you cand use the power amp of a tube amp and a cab, you can hear the difference then 😂. Its way easier to record with plugins and faster. I use them both. Very nice video and some great tones you got there 🤘🤘🤘
I was just looking at facebook marketplace and saw guitar for sale. Then I looked to see who seller was and your you tube notification come on for this video. Turns out you were the seller 😆
A lot of people need to argue on tone because I’ve heard equal amount of tube amps and sims that I had to literally go “Wow…it must have been harder to make that sound horrible”.
.....look I like the neural stuff.....but it will never replace the feeling I get to plug into a valve or hell even a solid state amp with a legit speaker pushing sound.
Yeah it depends on what you want. If you just want the experience of being in a room with a tube amp that’s the only way to do it. If you just want to hear a mic’d cabinet sound that you would do in a recording session or live through a PA then modern options will be indistinguishable from the real thing and way way way more easy and reliable to use.
@@matthewduncan9405 100% agree, there is a place for the software and most people can't tell the difference (I use many neural plugins), it's a feel thing for me due to the lack of latency, even though the latency in the plugins is extremely small, it is just way more satisfying to me seeing and hearing that physical cabinet interact with the room around you, more engaging than staring at my computer screen.
@@StupidGuitar nah man, it's not the same, again, the neural stuff is fantastic, ground breaking even, but even Tosin Abasi has switched to a legit amp because there is 0 latency and he can feel the difference.
Bro you got mutant vibes in that low light! Your tatto is your whole ass body and you look like a freakin mutant! I appreciate the dedication. And as always I was entertained
Most of these young guys cut their teeth on digital, they're used to the latency that comes with the plugins, they still sound good, but compared to the response of a legit amp, there's just no comparison.
I'm 52 and I love tube amps and sims alike...but I have a solid state Fender MH-500 half stack and honest to God I get a better Metal tone from that rig than I did from both my Mesa Mark V 25 and Triple Crown 50 amps. It's insanely good, the built-in effects are kinda meh but the gate and chorus are excellent. On the software side I do have most of the Neural suites but the Eleven Eleven software is hands-down the best in my opinion. The X update did make my Gojira plugin a lot better than it originally was but the Otto Audio software still beats it out for the heaviest Metal tones.
It is true that the Nameless has a very specific sound and thats my problem with it: You can hear it on a LOT of productions/Instagram videos etc. Gotta pick a different/good IR with and mess with the sound afterwards or even before it hits the amp. But yeah done right it sounds super brutal. For my taste i found the Cali works for me better
Keep spending money on amps bro that are worth shit when trying to sell them. You can't tell the difference in a mix. Bro my friends have shit loads of amps and plugins are just as good. Maybe you don't know how to use them.
@@SilentScreamsStudios fuck the mix, I don't play guitar because of mixes I play for myself and there's nothing that compares to playing a tube amp.. plugins might get close to the sound but they can't replicate the feel, the air moving through the speakers, the low end, the chugginess, the dynamics, the harmonics...I love that ppl nowadays are going digital, amps are getting cheaper and my collection is growing.
Clickbait.... I thought something real. But no, just a plugin. Yea "close". But not close enough to replace tube amp. Try to replace this: ua-cam.com/video/pu8IS4b4XEE/v-deo.html (Signal path) Guitar => tube preamp (2 tubes + 1 tube power section emulation) => sound card => IR Speaker + IR Room => Reverb + Delay.
Tube amps are dead. Shows amp sim, based on a tube amp. That joke aside: Yes, amp sims sound great. In fact it's so damn easy to have a good guitar sound, for not a lot of money or even on a 0 budget, it became less a question of if the guitars sound good, but it became more about having something unique again. Don't get me wrong: I went from modeling and solid state amps, to tube amps, then when the nameless and will putney suite dropped, i went full digital. So the nameless primarily, was the reason i sold my amps and cabs in 2019. 2023 i went to pedals + IRs and now im back to Amp/preamps + IRs. The reason: checking out old rexordinga of mine, there was something i was amazed by it. Maybe not the best sounding stuff i made, but some characteristics i became oblivious to. Depth, thickness, some mighty presence. I couldnt replicate it ITB. (Modded Framus Dragon with a V30 cab) And the fact that i thought for some years by now, that modern metal sounds too much homogeneous and samey in sounds and it bored the fVCk out of me, didnt helped: Bass: Darkglass or Parallax. Guitars: NDSP, most likely Gojira or Nameless. Integrated or premixed IRs of a Mesa Boogie Oversized V30 loaded cab. Its absolutely great if someone has fun and gets great results with what they like, and i would never take that away from anyone, period. But it just couldn't hold me. And i tried a ton, and i did love them, some i liked, some i didnt liked, over the years. I got good results, that will partially rival the big names in the industry. But it wasn't me. I resonate a lot more with analog stuff, personally. Do i think great amp sims with great IRs sound worse than tube amps and cabs? No. But different. And i like the difference in favor of the real deals. Its more work, costs more, inconvenient... And still to me, it was damn well worth it.
What is this incessant need to replace tube amps? They've been trying and failing for 50+ years. I play at home and with friends. If you think lugging a 15w tube amp around is tough, try getting a roomful of boomers and genx to get all their laptops and DAW tech working at the same time.
Don’t need a laptop to run a digital modeling pedal. Funny you mentioned boomers too, they’re the only thing keeping this tech alive and are going to be gone in a couple decades. Sometimes people are just resistant to change and will dig in their heels. It’s always the younger generations and the open minded that keep us moving forward
It's too bad that we evolved beyond the superior vacuum tube computer technology of the 1950s in favor of the inferior modern semiconductor. I also agree that luddites were right to destroy those looms.
They have succeeded. Stop being a dinosaur who thinks he should haul around a 15w amp head. Age is absolutely not an excuse to refuse to learn basic guitar technology.
Tube amp destroyer?, still not quite there, but it's getting close. For me, i still prefer to play through an A/B power amp and feel the air pushed from the cainet. Is this convenient and sound sick af?, yeah. I have a neural X suite, but for me, it still misses the mark on some things.
@@SamBrockmanncomputers are lame bro. Too many menus and screens, no physical knobs or buttons, it’s also not noisy enough for my taste. Like how do you get feedback?
@@channtastic , you sound pretty lame, honestly. How you get feedback is the same way everyone has gotten feedback for decades: You turn that sh*t up. How is it 2024, and there's folks like you, who don't even know that if you want the sound to fill the room, you just plug a speaker into the recording interface as part of the line outputs?! 🤣🤣
Am I sensing a trend of “tube amps are dying” or “this will destroy your tube amp” videos popping up right before you leave for a tour? Kicking the beehive and creating a “hot take” just to blow up and bounce for another tour then give us the usual tour vlog, signal path, etc videos… idk 🤷
I love Nameless and tons of other amp sims, Cali and STL Tones Josh Middleton being my favorite. I use them for writing, tracking, recording, etc. all the time. Amazing tech. However, I also have a 100w tube amp and a 4x12, and for pure playing pleasure, inspiration, it’s still the king. A cranked tube amp pushing air just hits different, and the feel is incredible.
@@StupidGuitar I don’t disagree with you, I’ve just never felt it myself with modelers. I’ve played Kempers, Fractals, and a QC through quality power amps, running real cabs, and it just never feels right to me. Even through my own main cab, which I know the sound of very well. The sound and the tone is there, not debating that, it’s the feel under the fingers that’s different. Probably different with a high quality tube power amp vs a solid state like I’ve tried I would imagine.
@@jaredt3985 I literally can’t tell a difference between any of them unless of course you’re playing into a DAW with some stupid high sample rate. Played a ton of different stuff
@@StupidGuitar That’s fair, we all have different experiences. It’s entirely possible that it’s all in my head, who knows. I think perhaps since all I played was tube amps for many years, that it feels like home for me you know?
I know this as an intermediate guitar player. Mostly 7 strings since 2003. I have 4 guitars. An agile intrepid 8 string. A gretsch 6 string baritone and a Jackson Rhodes 26.5 inch 7. I play System of a Down, disturbed, korn, System of a Down, Deftones, and sleep token. Maybe some Lorna shore. I can do it all with my stable. But I don’t know what I should use for each. I can play almost everything between all 3 guitars but what should I focus on?
Get the Nameless Suite X here: ndsp.co/xrc
I don’t think I’ve actually thought about a tube amp being a viable option for me in anything I do. So much so when I see titles to videos like this one, I’m like “oh yeah! Tube amps exist!” 😂
Technology is great but tube amps and guitars with headstocks will never be replaced
They'll turn into collectors items, like vintage cars. They'll still be produced, but with technology that keeps getting better, they will most likely be produced in very limited amounts.
Nameless is ... and always will be the KING. 💪
Excellent !! They did a great upgrade on the SLO100 too.
Honestly like it better than the Fortin Nameless, just has more noise than I care for. I’m excited for the Cali to get the X treatment though!
@@Wizzerman95 Oh Yes that Cali suite is so Good. I kinda wish i'd have bought that first.
The REAL tube amp destroyer is a bottle of beer.
Could say the same thing about your laptop.
Agreed.
🤣 indeed
Just gives it a buzz
You were shouted out on JHS pedals! Congratulations man!
Amp sims are fine for recording. The latency and studio monitor sound makes it feel disconnected. A loud amp and cabinet hits different in the room.
Is this room in your home? Looks awesome 😎
Im gonna try using nameless/ Gojira/ granophyre live doing the old power amp to power my cab, interface for guitar input, so laptop will be my head lmfao
NDSP, stl tones, mercuriall, remix 3 are all killer and even better with a super good IR.
The studio is badass mr Charles
thanks so much!
I have a helix and still use this plugin 50% of the time. It's definitely a work horse.
Could you do a video on how to start this method of setup please? What you need to play through monitors.
I second to this!
It’s dead simple and Neural actually has good guides on their website. You really just need an audio interface and you’re done.
You need a couple things. An audio interface, the studio monitors, and XLR cables. Interface goes into the computer, monitors connect to interface with xlr cables and yeah that’s really it
@@Clorox39 there’s a whole bunch of monitors that don’t connect through XLR and you also don’t technically need monitors.
Loving the Machine Head riffage on this video 🤘
I know this as an intermediate guitar player. Mostly 7 strings since 2003. I have 4 guitars. An agile intrepid 8 string. A gretsch 6 string baritone and a Jackson Rhodes 26.5 inch 7. I play System of a Down, disturbed, korn, System of a Down, Deftones, and sleep token. Maybe some Lorna shore. I can do it all with my stable. But I don’t know what I should use for each. I can play almost everything between all 3 guitars but what should I focus on?
And korn obviously
you know you got that thing clamped down (gated)that's why it's tight be interested to hearing it without all that noise gate
Okay I could do that in a future video. My genuine question though is why
plugins are awesome, they came to a point where they sound great, but my problem with plugins is how they feel. Nothing compares to playing a tube amp, the feel, the air moving through the speakers, the low end chugness, the dynamics, the harmonics... there's no plug in that can replicate that.
It's the response time that you can't get behind, I know there are people on here that say "hey they have the exact same amount of latency" that's just not true, at all, and you can as you put it "feel it" that's because, with a plugin amp, it is a direct signal that's getting recorded into the DAW, the interface has to take in the signal, then the computer has to register that signal source, then it has to travel to the plugin which the cpu has to process already creating more latency, then it finally comes out, and you can fix it abit by lowering the buffer length, but then your tone drastically suffers as a result, sounds tin like and one dimensional, not to mention it's a late response which throws off your hands to try and compensate for the latency. Compare that to the real amp that is doing all the work right there,not bogging down any cpu, the signal then gets pushed through the real speaker with a basically instant response, maybe a few millisecond, I think its for every foot away from the amp, you introduce roughly 1 millisecond of latency, but it's nowhere near as noticeable as what a plugin introduces latency wise, from there, your interface processes the material, but you don't feel it because you're running through a real analog amp, you're not hearing the signal coming through a computer after all that processing thus the response time is much quicker, and yes, real amps sound more alive in the room with you, you can actually physically feel it interact with the room around you, but don't tell certain people on this comment section that, they tend to try and go to war with you.
@@canadiancombatwombatthe3rd782 exactly, and it's not only that, I've always noticed that plugins can't replicate certain frequencies, specially in the low mid section... I challenge anyone here to listen to an A/B isolated comparison of any plugin/amp... it's VERY noticeable the lack of oomph on plugins.. Amps will always have that oomph and that warmth in the low mid frequencies and I've never seen any plugin that can replicate that, plugins always sound very polished and compressed.
@@guitarlair for me, aside from the obvious latency, it's the high end, I constantly find myself grabbing an eq to try and get rid of all the ice pick frequency build up when doing a left and right track, with a real amp, this goes for tubes and solid state, it's much less obvious, and easy to dial back, sometimes barely have to make any moves with an eq at all in the mix.
@@canadiancombatwombatthe3rd782 I notice the high ends more in crunch tones with less gain...I've tried a bunch of Marshall plugins, no plugin came close to my SV20H when it's cranked, I have a bunch of videos trying to emulate Slash's tone or an 80s tone, it's impossible to get in that ballpark using plugins... you can't get that bite in the high end with plugins.
parkway at the end?
Hey Dude! Do you have some presets that you love and like to share? Your sound especially in the mix was awesome dude! Greetings from Germany!
The signature 7 is my dream guitar
Id pick a st. Louie crate stack for tube killer myself.
11:03 hell yeah that reminds me of ocean planet
Love the riff at 11:56. Is it from a full song?
I have never ever been able to get amp sims to sound as good as you tubers and other big bands. No matter how hard I try. My Engl Savage is a pain in the ass to deal with, but in the end I can get it to sound better. I trialed the Nameless X and it ALMOST got me to sell my amp. It was super close. I showed my wife a blind A/B test of the two back to back and she chose the Savage.
Probably user error. A lot of people over gain their audio interface (should be set to damn near zero). Either that or you’re using awful speaker or running a cab sim into a cab
@@StupidGuitar It just sounds thin an weak or too muddy. I'm not saying there isn't a way to make them sound good. I'm saying I just don't know how.
@@alexdegiovanni1598 no and no. That sounds like user error
Haha nice, i was messing around with this yesterday and im trying to decide between it and the gojira suite
Gojira is more versatile IMO
Gojira is way better if you want to play cleans/crunch as well as high gain. Nameless only really does high gain well.
@xanderraymondcharles Hey man! Love your content and your ongoing support to the guitar community. I couldn't help but noticing a little tiredness or sadness in your eyes. I just hope all is well and please remember that you are not alone. My best and most sincere wishes go out to you. Thanks for pushing on and don't forget that it is OK to take some time off, look inwards, rest, and heal. We are here for you!!! Take care brother.
I was hoping it was a cool solid state amp I hadn’t heard of…not another plug in. But hey, I’m old…lol
Even tho I'm a tube amp snob, i use these plugin and other plugins. It's not the same thing as a tube amp, there are some things that are better and not so much but, you cand use the power amp of a tube amp and a cab, you can hear the difference then 😂. Its way easier to record with plugins and faster. I use them both. Very nice video and some great tones you got there 🤘🤘🤘
LOVING IT,,,♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️
I was just looking at facebook marketplace and saw guitar for sale. Then I looked to see who seller was and your you tube notification come on for this video. Turns out you were the seller 😆
Like the white zombie shirt🤘😎🤘
Ocean Planet riff… tremendous🤌🏼
this gives the best tone I've ever heard.
What's the tone?
The Tone of Tube Amp Andy's absolutely SHREIKING.
A lot of people need to argue on tone because I’ve heard equal amount of tube amps and sims that I had to literally go “Wow…it must have been harder to make that sound horrible”.
Why don’t you start your own band?
i have my own music
12:11 No matter what tuning that song is in, I freaking love it!!
one of my favorite originals
Ampoero Stomp maannnnn...
.....look I like the neural stuff.....but it will never replace the feeling I get to plug into a valve or hell even a solid state amp with a legit speaker pushing sound.
The feeling is the same and you can run these plugins into an amp and get the same feeling (even more so if you have a QC).
Yeah it depends on what you want. If you just want the experience of being in a room with a tube amp that’s the only way to do it.
If you just want to hear a mic’d cabinet sound that you would do in a recording session or live through a PA then modern options will be indistinguishable from the real thing and way way way more easy and reliable to use.
Then you need to get yourself a FRFR speaker and crank that. Lmao
@@matthewduncan9405 100% agree, there is a place for the software and most people can't tell the difference (I use many neural plugins), it's a feel thing for me due to the lack of latency, even though the latency in the plugins is extremely small, it is just way more satisfying to me seeing and hearing that physical cabinet interact with the room around you, more engaging than staring at my computer screen.
@@StupidGuitar nah man, it's not the same, again, the neural stuff is fantastic, ground breaking even, but even Tosin Abasi has switched to a legit amp because there is 0 latency and he can feel the difference.
Bro you got mutant vibes in that low light! Your tatto is your whole ass body and you look like a freakin mutant! I appreciate the dedication.
And as always
I was entertained
What's with the black arm looks like a big waste of ink to me
And why is it your concern what he does???
You are young. It’s not an excuse but will explain.
Most of these young guys cut their teeth on digital, they're used to the latency that comes with the plugins, they still sound good, but compared to the response of a legit amp, there's just no comparison.
I'm 52 and I love tube amps and sims alike...but I have a solid state Fender MH-500 half stack and honest to God I get a better Metal tone from that rig than I did from both my Mesa Mark V 25 and Triple Crown 50 amps. It's insanely good, the built-in effects are kinda meh but the gate and chorus are excellent.
On the software side I do have most of the Neural suites but the Eleven Eleven software is hands-down the best in my opinion. The X update did make my Gojira plugin a lot better than it originally was but the Otto Audio software still beats it out for the heaviest Metal tones.
But you’re not using headphones, so what’s driving your monitors? Sorry, newbie to amp sims. You down load this into your computer? And then? \m/
It is true that the Nameless has a very specific sound and thats my problem with it: You can hear it on a LOT of productions/Instagram videos etc. Gotta pick a different/good IR with and mess with the sound afterwards or even before it hits the amp. But yeah done right it sounds super brutal. For my taste i found the Cali works for me better
This plugin does not sound better than tube amps!!😅
Keep spending money on amps bro that are worth shit when trying to sell them. You can't tell the difference in a mix. Bro my friends have shit loads of amps and plugins are just as good. Maybe you don't know how to use them.
@@SilentScreamsStudios fuck the mix, I don't play guitar because of mixes I play for myself and there's nothing that compares to playing a tube amp.. plugins might get close to the sound but they can't replicate the feel, the air moving through the speakers, the low end, the chugginess, the dynamics, the harmonics...I love that ppl nowadays are going digital, amps are getting cheaper and my collection is growing.
@@guitarlair then line out I to a power amp and cab fool
@@SilentScreamsStudios 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Clickbait.... I thought something real. But no, just a plugin.
Yea "close". But not close enough to replace tube amp.
Try to replace this: ua-cam.com/video/pu8IS4b4XEE/v-deo.html
(Signal path)
Guitar => tube preamp (2 tubes + 1 tube power section emulation) => sound card => IR Speaker + IR Room => Reverb + Delay.
Tube amps are dead.
Shows amp sim, based on a tube amp.
That joke aside: Yes, amp sims sound great. In fact it's so damn easy to have a good guitar sound, for not a lot of money or even on a 0 budget, it became less a question of if the guitars sound good, but it became more about having something unique again.
Don't get me wrong: I went from modeling and solid state amps, to tube amps, then when the nameless and will putney suite dropped, i went full digital. So the nameless primarily, was the reason i sold my amps and cabs in 2019. 2023 i went to pedals + IRs and now im back to Amp/preamps + IRs. The reason: checking out old rexordinga of mine, there was something i was amazed by it. Maybe not the best sounding stuff i made, but some characteristics i became oblivious to. Depth, thickness, some mighty presence.
I couldnt replicate it ITB.
(Modded Framus Dragon with a V30 cab)
And the fact that i thought for some years by now, that modern metal sounds too much homogeneous and samey in sounds and it bored the fVCk out of me, didnt helped:
Bass: Darkglass or Parallax.
Guitars: NDSP, most likely Gojira or Nameless.
Integrated or premixed IRs of a Mesa Boogie Oversized V30 loaded cab.
Its absolutely great if someone has fun and gets great results with what they like, and i would never take that away from anyone, period. But it just couldn't hold me. And i tried a ton, and i did love them, some i liked, some i didnt liked, over the years. I got good results, that will partially rival the big names in the industry.
But it wasn't me. I resonate a lot more with analog stuff, personally.
Do i think great amp sims with great IRs sound worse than tube amps and cabs? No. But different.
And i like the difference in favor of the real deals. Its more work, costs more, inconvenient... And still to me, it was damn well worth it.
What is this incessant need to replace tube amps? They've been trying and failing for 50+ years. I play at home and with friends. If you think lugging a 15w tube amp around is tough, try getting a roomful of boomers and genx to get all their laptops and DAW tech working at the same time.
Don’t need a laptop to run a digital modeling pedal. Funny you mentioned boomers too, they’re the only thing keeping this tech alive and are going to be gone in a couple decades. Sometimes people are just resistant to change and will dig in their heels. It’s always the younger generations and the open minded that keep us moving forward
@@StupidGuitar They said this same stuff in the 70's... back when I was the young guy who thought he knew everything. Good luck.
It's too bad that we evolved beyond the superior vacuum tube computer technology of the 1950s in favor of the inferior modern semiconductor. I also agree that luddites were right to destroy those looms.
They have succeeded. Stop being a dinosaur who thinks he should haul around a 15w amp head.
Age is absolutely not an excuse to refuse to learn basic guitar technology.
@ConsciousComputing , are they?! Bahahaha. Something being used by collectors doesn't mean "It's back". 🤣🤣😂
Tube amp destroyer?, still not quite there, but it's getting close. For me, i still prefer to play through an A/B power amp and feel the air pushed from the cainet.
Is this convenient and sound sick af?, yeah. I have a neural X suite, but for me, it still misses the mark on some things.
It's already there. Has been there for awhile. Lol
It’s simple really just go line 666 spider that shit hard
Why the hurry to ‘destroy’ tube amps? If you don’t like them don’t play one. Shit.
Tube Amps are already dead.
Nah. There’s so much enjoyment to actually be able to physically have knobs and no screens.
@@channtastic , there's not, lol
Quit coping.
@@SamBrockmanncomputers are lame bro. Too many menus and screens, no physical knobs or buttons, it’s also not noisy enough for my taste. Like how do you get feedback?
@@channtastic , you sound pretty lame, honestly. How you get feedback is the same way everyone has gotten feedback for decades:
You turn that sh*t up.
How is it 2024, and there's folks like you, who don't even know that if you want the sound to fill the room, you just plug a speaker into the recording interface as part of the line outputs?! 🤣🤣
Am I sensing a trend of “tube amps are dying” or “this will destroy your tube amp” videos popping up right before you leave for a tour? Kicking the beehive and creating a “hot take” just to blow up and bounce for another tour then give us the usual tour vlog, signal path, etc videos… idk 🤷
I love Nameless and tons of other amp sims, Cali and STL Tones Josh Middleton being my favorite.
I use them for writing, tracking, recording, etc. all the time.
Amazing tech.
However, I also have a 100w tube amp and a 4x12, and for pure playing pleasure, inspiration, it’s still the king.
A cranked tube amp pushing air just hits different, and the feel is incredible.
Amps don’t push air, speakers do. And yes you can get the same effect with a cab/speakers and a modeler
@@StupidGuitar I don’t disagree with you, I’ve just never felt it myself with modelers.
I’ve played Kempers, Fractals, and a QC through quality power amps, running real cabs, and it just never feels right to me.
Even through my own main cab, which I know the sound of very well.
The sound and the tone is there, not debating that, it’s the feel under the fingers that’s different.
Probably different with a high quality tube power amp vs a solid state like I’ve tried I would imagine.
@@jaredt3985 I literally can’t tell a difference between any of them unless of course you’re playing into a DAW with some stupid high sample rate. Played a ton of different stuff
@@StupidGuitar That’s fair, we all have different experiences. It’s entirely possible that it’s all in my head, who knows.
I think perhaps since all I played was tube amps for many years, that it feels like home for me you know?
@@jaredt3985 sure. The brain does some crazy things. Cognitive biases are a real thing
Unless Grandpa Buff has decided to unlive all remaining tube factories, no, it won't.
overhyped, too much gain/ unusable high end, takes forever to load in, etc.
Pls, fix your audio track. The humming and hiss are unbearable to say the least.
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Misery Signals
I know this as an intermediate guitar player. Mostly 7 strings since 2003. I have 4 guitars. An agile intrepid 8 string. A gretsch 6 string baritone and a Jackson Rhodes 26.5 inch 7. I play System of a Down, disturbed, korn, System of a Down, Deftones, and sleep token. Maybe some Lorna shore. I can do it all with my stable. But I don’t know what I should use for each. I can play almost everything between all 3 guitars but what should I focus on?